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BS Jobs w/ David Graeber (2018)

Srsly Wrong

CHAPTER

The Third Type of Bullshit Job

A lot of it is actually unconscious resentment by people who have both hit jobs, for people who have real work. Like after the 2008 crash, the bankers didn't get hit. Who had to take a hit? So guys are actually making the cards. And there's all this outrage. They're making $24 an hour, it's really 54. If you count the benefits, that's so outrageous. It's like, well, why not? You know, they're providing a necessary service. Why should they be able to take their kids on vacation? Why shouldn't they have a nice house in the suburbs? That's like the real thing to be fun. The third type of

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